--- title: "1 Like Sparrows Quotes By Paula Hawkins" description: "1 Like Sparrows quotes by Paula Hawkins. Plus more from Paula Hawkins and more Like Sparrows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6d/paula-hawkins-9343_time_the-past-shooting-out-at-me-like-sparrow_3208992.jpg" --- > [“...the past shooting out at me like sparrows for the hedgerow, startling and inescapable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-hawkins/the-past-shooting-out-at-me-like-sparrows-for-the-hedgerow-startling/) [Paula Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-hawkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6d/paula-hawkins-9343_time_the-past-shooting-out-at-me-like-sparrow_3208992.jpg) ## More by Paula Hawkins > [“It’s less acceptable to drink on the train on a Monday,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-hawkins/it-s-less-acceptable-to-drink-on-the-train-on-a-monday/) [Paula Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-hawkins/) > [“I am not the girl I used to be...it's as if people can see the damage written all over me, can see it in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-hawkins/i-am-not-the-girl-i-used-to-be-it-s-as-if-people-can-see-the-damage/) [Paula Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-hawkins/) > [“She felt it when she woke, not a presence but an absence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-hawkins/she-felt-it-when-she-woke-not-a-presence-but-an-absence/) [Paula Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-hawkins/) > [“Beautiful sunshine, cloudless skies, no one to play with, nothing to do. Living like this, the way I'm living at the moment, is harder…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-hawkins/beautiful-sunshine-cloudless-skies-no-one-to-play-with-nothing-to-do/) [Paula Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-hawkins/) > [“I want to drag knives over my skin, just to feel something other than shame, but I'm not even brave enough for that”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-hawkins/i-want-to-drag-knives-over-my-skin-just-to-feel-something-other-than/) [Paula Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-hawkins/) > [“I forgot to feel what I was supposed to be feeling...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-hawkins/i-forgot-to-feel-what-i-was-supposed-to-be-feeling/) [Paula Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-hawkins/) > [“gardens over. One of them was crying—maybe they both were—and there was a child bawling its head off,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-hawkins/gardens-over-one-of-them-was-crying-maybe-they-both-were-and-there/) [Paula Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-hawkins/) > [“The things I want to remember I can't, and the things I try so hard to forget just keep coming.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-hawkins/the-things-i-want-to-remember-i-can-t-and-the-things-i-try-so-hard-to/) [Paula Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-hawkins/) > [“the author claimed that blacking out wasn’t simply a matter of forgetting what had happened, but having no memories to forget in the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-hawkins/the-author-claimed-that-blacking-out-wasn-t-simply-a-matter-of/) [Paula Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-hawkins/) > [“LA VIE N’EST PAS UN PARAGRAPHE.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-hawkins/la-vie-n-est-pas-un-paragraphe/) [Paula Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-hawkins/) > [“me thinking straight. I take a shower, get dressed and make another cup of coffee, and then I sit down in the living room,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-hawkins/me-thinking-straight-i-take-a-shower-get-dressed-and-make-another-cup/) [Paula Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-hawkins/) > [“Something felt off, but I realized eventually that it was just me. Still,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-hawkins/something-felt-off-but-i-realized-eventually-that-it-was-just-me-still/) [Paula Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-hawkins/) > [“the holes in your life are permanent. You have to grow around them, like tree roots around concrete; you mould yourself through the gaps.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-hawkins/the-holes-in-your-life-are-permanent-you-have-to-grow-around-them/) [Paula Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-hawkins/) > [“I don't remember things. I black out and I can't remember where I've been or what I've done. Sometimes I wonder if I've done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-hawkins/i-don-t-remember-things-i-black-out-and-i-can-t-remember-where-i-ve/) [Paula Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-hawkins/) > [“Some days I feel so bad that I have to drink; some days I feel so bad that I can’t.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-hawkins/some-days-i-feel-so-bad-that-i-have-to-drink-some-days-i-feel-so-bad/) [Paula Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-hawkins/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-sparrows/paula-hawkins/#itemlist", "name": "1 Like Sparrows Quotes By Paula Hawkins", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“...the past shooting out at me like sparrows for the hedgerow, startling and inescapable.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paula Hawkins" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-hawkins/the-past-shooting-out-at-me-like-sparrows-for-the-hedgerow-startling/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6d/paula-hawkins-9343_time_the-past-shooting-out-at-me-like-sparrow_3208992.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6d/paula-hawkins-9343_time_the-past-shooting-out-at-me-like-sparrow_3208992.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6d/paula-hawkins-9343_time_the-past-shooting-out-at-me-like-sparrow_3208992.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“...the past shooting out at me like sparrows for the hedgerow, startling and inescapable.” — Paula Hawkins", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-sparrows/paula-hawkins/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-sparrows/paula-hawkins/", "name": "Like Sparrows Quotes by Paula Hawkins", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-sparrows/paula-hawkins/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6d/paula-hawkins-9343_time_the-past-shooting-out-at-me-like-sparrow_3208992.jpg" }, "description": "1 Like Sparrows quotes by Paula Hawkins. 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